Toy.



J. G. MGGONAGHY.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 3, 190s.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

@baza @Ittowu vUNITED:sTATi-s PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH G. ivrccoNaGHY, or WAsHINeT'oN'DIsTRI'oT or COLUMBIA, AssIGNoR orONE- THIRD TO WINFIELD A. WILSON AND WASHINGTON, DISTRICT COLUMBI.

ONE-THIRD 'ro ANNA V. MCC'ONAGHY; or

TOY.. A

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

Application led April 3, 1908. Serial No. 424,952.A

in Toys, of which the .following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy designed to be used for producing anoise or report l/soinowhat like that of a pistol or irecracker without,however, employing an explosive so that the usual dangers o ffireerackers or other pyrotcchnic articles are avoided.

The invention lhas for one of its objects .to-

provide a toy of this character which is coniparatively easy andinexpensive to manufacture, readily manipulated by a child,- and`affording -considerable `amusement and entertainment. i

A further object ofthe invention is the provision of a toy in the natureof a hollow body having a Vibrant head such as rubber, raw hide or thelike on which acts a striking element whereby a loud report can beproduced, the said element being a resilient n' member disposed acrossthe head and adaptin the claims appended hereto. l In the accompanyingdrawings, which ed to be drawn outwardly latter and then released so thehead.

vWith these objects in view and others, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises theyarious novel featuresof construction and arrangement .of

0r away from the parts which willbe more fully described.

` hereinafter and set forth with particularity illustrate certain 'ofthe embodiments of the invention, Figure l is a perspective View of thetoy. Fig. 2 is a centralA vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a'planview of the body. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the striking element.F ig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the .striking .elementin raised,

position with respect'to the head of the toy. Similar referencecharacters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout thesevera-1 views.

Referring to thedrawings, s ra tubular body or barrel made of wood,paper, metal oi' other suitable material and formed at its upper endwith a bead 2 and having immediately below the same' an annular groove3, the lower end -ofl the body as to strike against y l designates beingclosed by a bottom piece 4 fitted thereto. Stretched over the upper openend of the body l is a vibrant head 5 of raw hide, rubber, metal, paperor the like, which is in the form of a disk of suoli diameter as toentirely cover the .top of the body and enter the groove 3 thereof,there being a band 6 eX- y tending around the head to retain themarginal portion of the latter in the groove.

Extending transversely over the head 5 is the striking element 7 whichmay be a strip ofV rubber or other elastic material and arranged withits extremities inserted under This element may be provided' the form ofan ordinaryfirecracker. In the A presentinstance, the striking element 7is so designed as to produce two rapidly succeedfing reports, and forthis purpose, the elastic strip is divided longitudinally by a slot 9and the lower end of the stern is formed into bifurcations eachconnected with. one half of the elastic strip. One bifurcation isslightly longer than .the other as shownin Fig. 5, so that it willstrike the head when the stem is released a short period before theother bifurcation, thus producing two reports. The stem 8, 4which may beof rubber, has the longer bifurcation reduced at 11 so that thisbifurcation will be more readily compressed when thelstriking elementbears lon the head and thus permit both bifurcations to lie in the saineplane to insure the stem'S- remaining in an kupright position.

In using the toy, the body 1A is held in one hand while the stem` 8 isgrasped by the other handand pulled upwardly, as shown" inFig. '5 and inFig. 2 by the dotted lines. The stem is then released so as to permitthe striking element to contract and iy back against thehead 5, thebifurcations striking the latter successively so as to produce thereports.y Since the body l is hollow, the reports will be very 'loud andresemble somewhat tlie bursting of a-firecracker. A toy of thischaracter is designed to afford considf erable amusement andentertainment to chil- .dren and is of compartively durable andsubstantial construction so that itl-will 'not be easily broken.

'F rom the foregoing descriptionftaken in connection With theaccompanying drawings,"the advantages of the construction and ofthepmethod of operation `will be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art to which the invention appertains, and While-I havedescribed theprinciple of operation of the invention, together with thedevice which Inow 4consider tov be the 'best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the devicei shown is merely'illustrative, and

that such changes may be made when desired as are Within the scope ofthe claims.

- Having thus `described the invention, what 1. A toy comprising ahollow body having an open end', a vibrant head stretched over the openen'd and secured to the body, a rubber strip extending across the headwith one ofitsflat faces normally in contactwith the latter, saidstripbeing secured at its ends to the body,fand a stem on theside of thestrip opposite from vthat in contact with the head and 4integrallyconnected with the strip to l form a pulldevice whereby the strip can bedrawn away from-'the head and released to 310 strike-the latter. .l

2. A toy comprising ahollow body having an open end and a peripheralgrooveadjacent such end, a vibrant head stretched over the open end of.the body' and having its marginal portion confined inthe groove of thebody, a fastening band extending around the body and engaging the 'saidmarginal portion of the head to `hold the same in the groove, anelasticstrip ext/ending across and normally vin contact with the outer'surfaceof the head and having its ends held in the groove by the fasteningband,and a stem on the elastic member and extending outwardly at rightangles thereto from the side opposite from that in contact with the-headto forma pull device for stretching the member in the operation of thetoy.

'3. A toy 'comprising a hollow body, a vibrant head stretched across theend of the oppositesides of the slit.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.' i

JOSEPH G. MCCONAGHY. Witnesses i W.l W. BURLEW,

WINFIELD A. WILSON.

